Matrix Number Prefixes: Acoustic Recordings:
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6000a, 60OOEi, 600OWD2 7 inch (17.9 cm) disc (G & T)*
5000b 10 inch (25 cm) disc (G & T)*
4000f 12 inch (30.5 cm) disc
5100f, 5200f 12 inch disc
Bb 5000, Bb 5100 10 inch disc
Cc 5000 12 inch disc
HO 201 af 12 inch
Electrical Recordings:
Bb 11000, Bb 21000 10 inch disc
Cc 11000 12 inch disc
CR 1400 12 inch disc
2B 2200, 2B 3400 12 inch disc
OB 3800, OB 5300 10 inch disc
OEA 400, OEA 2100, OEA 2700 10 inch disc
OEA 8300, OEA 8500 10 inch disc
OEA 8600, OEA 8800 10 inch disc
OEA 9000 through 9400 10 inch disc
OEA 9600, OEA 9800 10 inch disc
2EA 2700 12 inch disc
Original Issue Numbers: Acoustic Recordings:
3-2500 series 7 inch disc (sf) (G & T)
3-2100, 3-2200 series 10 inch disc (sf) (G & T)
X-40000 series 10 inch disc (sf) (Zonophone: recorded from G & T masters)
2-030000 series 12 inch disc (sf)
2-040000 series 12 inch disc (sf)
2-050000 series 12 inch disc (sf)
02000 series 12 inch disc (sf)
3-4000 series 10 inch disc (sf)
4-2000 series 10 inch disc (sf)
5-2000 series 10 inch disc (sf)
7-30000 series 10 inch disc (sf)
7-40000 series 10 inch disc (sf)
7-50000 series 10 inch disc (sf)
Prefixes: Acoustic and Electrical Recordings:
DA 10 inch disc
DB 12 inch disc
DM 12 inch disc
DK 12 inch disc
css 12 inch disc (sf)
IR, IRX 10 and 12 inch discs, Irish HMV
VA 10 inch disc
VB 12 inch disc
AGSA 10 inch disc (American Gramophone Society special pressing)
AGSB 12 inch disc (American Gramophone Society special pressing)
Foreign Reissues:
Opera Disc (label) Repressings of pre-1914 matrices for
release in United States.**
Musics (label) Repressings of pre-1914 matrices for
release in Europe.**
IRCC (label) International Record Collectors Club
*Entries for Gramophone and Typewriter Co. issues are designated; others are
for The Gramophone Company.
**Illicit reissues by Deutsche Grammophon after 1918 (Due to its break with The Gramophone Co. at the
beginning of WWI.
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